zbar vs Scanner-Pro-MK3

zbar

ZBar is an open source software suite for reading bar codes from various sources, including webcams. As its development stopped in 2012, I took the task of keeping it updated with the V4L2 API. This is the main repository for it. There's a clone at at LinuxTV.org, and another one at gitlab. (by mchehab)

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Scanner-Pro-MK3

Takes USB input from a USB Keyboard HID device and sends the message to the computer with customizable macros. (by oschwartz10612)

barcode-scanner Arduino Sysadmin Keyboards keyboard-emulation

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zbar		Scanner-Pro-MK3
	Project
7	Mentions	-
868	Stars	13
-	Growth	-
5.9	Activity	0.0
2 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
C	Language	C
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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zbar

Posts with mentions or reviews of zbar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-27.

Open Source Bitcoin QR Address Scanner for Mac?
1 project | /r/Bitcoin | 29 Dec 2022
Is there an open source QR code reader for Windows?
4 projects | /r/opensource | 27 Aug 2022

If it is in OpenCV probably you can use code from tutorials? (https://learnopencv.com/opencv-qr-code-scanner-c-and-python/) Or ZBar: http://zbar.sourceforge.net/ https://github.com/mchehab/zbar - there are builds for Windows
Made a fun sticker so people can call to empty the park trash cans
1 project | /r/houston | 12 Aug 2022

No, even when cropped to around the squares. I'm using zbar which might be out of date, but it's a common library.
Reliable binary data extraction from QR codes by matheusmoreira · Pull Request #64 · mchehab/zbar
1 project | /r/u_Anxious-Carpenter-53 | 21 Mar 2022
QR code reader for OS X
3 projects | dev.to | 10 Mar 2022

With it you can set “zbar” to decode a QR code and “pngpaste” to get a screenshot from the clipboard to paste into a file.
Trying to get touchscreen support on a PCBox tablet.
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 6 Nov 2021
Is this a special type of barcode? What can I know about it?
1 project | /r/AskReverseEngineering | 8 Mar 2021

I'm interested in getting the information this barcode means - as a sequence of numbers / letters or what ever. I didn't manage to get information with zbar. If it's not possible to detect the information itself, I'd be glad to be able to tell how much information this format can hold.

Scanner-Pro-MK3

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zbar and Scanner-Pro-MK3 you can also consider the following projects:

ZBar - Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar

Sonoff-Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at [Moved to: https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota]

gsl-firmware - Firmware repository for Silead touchscreen controllers

Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

pngpaste - Paste PNG into files, much like pbpaste does for text.

voicebox - Exploration: using technology to aid people who lack both the ability to speak and fine motor control.

HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

cfc - Demo/test android app for libcimbar. Copy files over the cell phone camera!